llama.cpp license, foundation and stars
Model serving and local AI · MIT (open source) · 129,477 stars
LLM inference in C/C++
License history
LICENSE fileMIT No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2023.
Latest release
v0.5.0 published Sep 23, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- ggml-org/llama.cpp · created Mar 10, 2023
- Website
- llama.app
- Language
- C++
- Foundation
- None; run by its maintainers
- GitHub detects
- MIT
- Stars per week
- 819 (OSS Insight weekly star history, Aug 31 to Sep 21, 2026)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 129,477 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | TrackedAdded: ggml-org/llama.cpp |